News Releases

All of the latest news about our university. (by topic)

Expert available to discuss Williams’ apparent suicide
8/12/14
“People with alcohol and drug addictions are at greater risk for depression and suicide, even when they’re in recovery,” says Richard D. Blondell, MD, vice chair of addiction medicine and professor of family medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Media Advisory: UB’s new medical students serve community before their studies begin
8/7/14
Service learning — where students put what they’re learning to work by volunteering in the community — has been steadily growing in popularity at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. More than half of UB’s medical students take the service learning elective. This year, there’s a new twist.
Richard named fellow of American Chemical Society
8/6/14
John Richard, PhD, UB Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Chemistry, was named a 2014 fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Media Advisory: High school students build and fly unmanned aerial vehicles on Thursday
8/6/14
The activities are part of the National Grid/UB Engineering Leadership Camp for high school students.
UB’s Aga will present keynote at international workshop on how antibiotics move through soil and water
8/6/14
Aga is a researcher in UB's new RENEW initiative, which focuses on energy, water and environment research.
Environmental chemicals that may boost diabetes risk by disrupting circadian rhythms are being studied at UB
8/6/14
A University at Buffalo team of researchers has been awarded a federal grant to explore how environmental chemicals that disrupt neuroendocrine circadian functions and hormone release may raise the risk of diabetes and other disorders.
University at Buffalo honors first graduates from new Kensington-Bailey business program
8/5/14
Nine entrepreneurs have graduated from the inaugural Allstate Entrepreneur Support program, which brings business owners together to help transform Buffalo’s Kensington-Bailey business district.
Frailty and dementia: With SUNY award, UB geriatrician and colleagues study the link
8/4/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – What is the relationship between frailty and dementia? Many studies acknowledge that frailty and dementia often coexist, but little research has been done on why that is the case.
‘Class warfare is alive’ in college admissions
8/1/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The college selection process is the latest battlefield over class advantage, where acceptance to the school of choice not only determines the quality of education but also improves students’ chances of entering the country’s upper-middle class. So says a team of three education experts led by a University at Buffalo education professor.
Social media alert: Online phishers are ‘farcing’ your brains out
7/31/14
“Phishers,” the crafty perps who scam us via email, are trolling social media sites to steal vast amounts of personal data and then use it to fleece us. “Farcing” is what researchers call it and it’s on the rise.